For diehard Android users, being able to use a favorite
app on a bigger display with a keyboard can improve usability significantly.
The desktop version of the mapping service will get a new look to match that of the Android
apps on a bigger display.
Not exact matches
In its S - 1 filing in February 2012, Facebook said its
biggest risk factor was growing use of its product
on mobile devices «because ads and commercial content are not
displayed on Facebook mobile
apps.»
Young man is using the LinkedIn Corp.
app that is
displayed on an Apple Inc. iPad the
biggest online professional - networking service
on October 20, 2017 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
The rest of the infotainment system is pretty good: the navigation
display is 8 inches (smaller without navi) mounted at the top of the center stack, center stack buttons are
big and legible, and
apps such as Pandora work without CarPlay, and
on Android as well.
Apple's
apps show that the new iPad has the power to keep it all smooth; but it looks like
app developers will need to run their
apps on this new hardware and then spend some time optimizing their code so that it shines
on this new,
bigger display.
If Apple would develop a
bigger, 12.9 - inch iPad Maxi in the coming future then it will not support most of the
apps currently available
on the
App Store as these are only developed for the iPad's 9.7 - inch
display resolution so the Cupertino giant will make a device accordingly.
More importantly though, it's likely the
bigger iPad would support running two or more
apps at once
on the
display: Code in iOS 8 hints at that possibility, which has already been demonstrated in the iOS 8 simulator.
Hardware components like the
display, Wi - Fi, and Bluetooth will use battery power as long as they're
on, so this list of
apps is only part of the picture — but it's a
big one, and one you have a fair amount of control over.
Apps opened and closed with ease on iOS 8 my only worry was the optimisation of apps by developers to the new iPhone 6 display sizes (a bigger display means more lines of te
Apps opened and closed with ease
on iOS 8 my only worry was the optimisation of
apps by developers to the new iPhone 6 display sizes (a bigger display means more lines of te
apps by developers to the new iPhone 6
display sizes (a
bigger display means more lines of text).
And, for all that is holy, Microsoft could enable some sort of AirPlay - like capability so that you could cast media or share your
display on the
big screen with minimal fuss — and not just the stuff you bought from the Xbox Video and Music
apps.
The Messages
app comes with a
big «Messages»
display on the top of the screen, and the
apps to communicate
on iMessage, like GIFs and games, are now aligned
on the bottom of the screen when clicking
on it to converse with contacts.
The
apps found
on the Galaxy S8 will be able to take advantage of the
bigger display, although this is just a concept.
If you have the right hardware, you'll be able to plug your phone or tablet into a
display and get the Continuum interface, with a
bigger Start menu and the same interface you'd see for universal
apps on a PC.
Also, multitasking with Continuum isn't quite the same as
on a real PC, as you are limited to one
app at a time, and many
apps that do work aren't really optimized for a
big desktop
display.
The Google Chromecast lets you
display video, photos, pictures and other media content from supported
apps on your
big - screen TV, using your Android or iOS device as a remote control.
In basic terms, if a smartphone with Windows 10 is hooked up to an external keyboard and also connected to a
big screen
display, any Windows 10
apps should expand and work as they should if they were being used
on a PC, a tablet, or an Xbox One.
Huawei also made a
big deal in Berlin about being able to draw letters
on the
display with your knuckle as a shortcut for launching
apps.
Notifications have a
bigger emphasis than ever
on the lock screen now that Slide to Unlock is dead, however the way Apple
displays them is kind of ugly if you get multiple notifications from the same
app.